Tomb of landowner József Kondor

A large black marble cross stands on the grave of landowner József Kondor (1868-1934), which is framed by a wrought-iron fence. ; … The Kondor family was originally a landowner in Felsőőr, they received their deed of donation from King Rudolf in 1582. The Statistics of the Countries of the Hungarian Crown (Budapest. 1897) already lists József Kondor (1868-1934) among the significant landowners of Ipolykeszi with his 460 cadastral acres of land. A significant part of this was arable land (311 kh) and pasture (114 kh), but he also had 33 acres of forest. He used modern agricultural machinery in his estate: a wagon, a locomobile, a threshing box, a seed drill, a sieve, a chopper, and in addition he had 16 iron ploughs, 6 harrows, 3 rollers and 9 yoked carts. Borovszky's monograph shows the Kondor estate as having an area of 700 acres, whose lands were cultivated according to the five-fold crop rotation, and in addition to wheat, barley and fodder, poppy was also produced for sale abroad. Kondor also engaged in breeding western cattle breeds, Hungarian draft oxen and poultry. The wage for daily laborers ranged between 1-2 crowns (Borovszky S. é.n. 149.); The center of the Kondor estate was on the hill behind the church, on the edge of Újfalu. According to the recollections of the locals, the manor functioned as a model estate: with its own power plant, self-watering stables, steam engines, etc. The castle was once surrounded by a beautiful park, and the owner also had a valuable library. In 1926, József Kondor established a foundation worth 50 thousand crowns, the interest of which he distributed among the poor every year. The landowner died in 1934 and was buried in Keszthely.